Jay Z talks about dealing drugs

Jay Z opened up recently to Vanity Fair about his history as a drug dealer, saying where he grew up, crack was unavoidable.

"There wasn't any place you could go for isolation or a break," he said. "You go in the hallway; (there are) crackheads in the hallway. You look out in the puddles on the curbs -- crack vials are littered in the side of the curbs. You could smell it in the hallways, that putrid smell; I can't explain it, but it's still in my mind when I think about it."

The rapper admitted that he learned some of his current business strategies dealing drugs. "I know about budgets. I was a drug dealer," he said. "To be in a drug deal, you need to know what you can spend, what you need to re-up. Or if you want to start some sort of barbershop or car wash -- those were the businesses back then. Things you can get in easily to get out of (that) life."

According to the Huffington Post, Jay-Z also talked about his family, calling his toddler daughter Blue Ivy his biggest fan and talked about his wife Beyonce.

He described courting the singer, saying she'd likely have dated him even if he had been a gas-station attendant

Uh ... really?

He admitted his line "She was a good girl 'til she knew me" is about Beyonce. Asked if his wife is a "good girl" anymore, Jay Z laughed. "Nah," he said. "She's gangsta now."

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